OAKLAND, CA, June 6, 2014 (PPI Pulp & Paper Week) -Old corrugated container (OCC) pricing for US mills declined in most of the country for a third straight month, with sequential drops of $5/ton in four regions, contacts said as of June 5.

ATLANTA, June 3, 2014 (PRNewswire) -Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a leading provider of packaging solutions to food, beverage and other consumer products companies, today announced that it and its wholly owned subsidiary Graphic Packaging International, Inc., have entered into a definitive agreement to sell their Multi-wall Bag business to Mondi Group.

STAMFORD, CT, June 2, 2014 (Business Wire) -ASG, a leading global specialty-packaging manufacturer, announced today it has acquired the Bydgoszcz, Poland-based beauty and personal care folding carton business of MeadWestvaco Corporation (MWV). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

OAKLAND, CA, June 6, 2014 (PPI Pulp & Paper Week) -A first upgrade project on a US gypsum facing paperboard machine in more than six years is planned by US Gypsum at its estimated 70,000 tons/yr mill in Oakfield, NY.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, June 3, 2014 (Press Release) -Kazakhstan Kagazy has received the American Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Innovation Award 2014. The Awards Ceremony was held on 31 May 2014 in the Rixos Hotel.

DALLAS, June 5, 2014 (Press Release) -Sonderen Packaging, a leading high-quality, custom packaging manufacturer located in Spokane, Washington, is continuing to invest in its business with a new KBA Rapida 145 57-inch press with a host of unique automated KBA technology including UV. Delivery is due in fall 2014.

ÖSCHELBRONN, Germany, June 4, 2014 (Press Release) -Bellmer Vaahto has received a significant headbox retrofit order for the rebuild of BM3 at Pankaboard Oy, located in Lieksa, Eastern Finland. The mill operates two machines which produce packaging and graphic papers with demanding end-uses which require high lev-els of stiffness and excellent printability.